Vehicle-axle



(No Model.)

D. P. HULL.

VEHICLE AXLE. N0. 274,776.

Patented Mar.27, 1883. l

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

DAVIT F. HULL, OF HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND.v

VEHICLE-AXLE.

SEE()IFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,776, dated March 27, 1883.V

Application filed February 9, 1883. (No model.) l

by declare that the following is a full, clear,

and exact description'of the same,rel'erence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spindle is a longitudinal central section of a wheel, axle, and spindle, showing my invention.

My inventionrelates `to improvements in Athat class' of axles 'in which the lspindles are In the accompanying drawings, a representsa straight axle, the lower face of which is preferably provided at its ends with recesses b b for the reception of the spindles o, which are made of round iron or steel, with holes d e made through theends thereof.

h represents a box, provided with wings i z', having holes 7a, through which screws are. inserted, and thence into the frame of the machine to which my improved axle is applied. TheV spindles c pass through the boxes h, and have their bearings'therein, and each box is provided with a threaded hole, m, for the reception ofa set-screwnt, the inner end of which 'bears against the spindle to keep it in place.

The outer end hole, e, in the spindle is for the linchpin, and a bolt, o, is driven through the inner end hole, d, and thence into the axle, there by securing the spindle readily to the axle. By this construction it will be seen that the spin. dles can readily be secured to the axle of a machine, and in case a spindle becomes worn its bolt can be withdrawn and. the spindle turned around one hundred and eighty de-4 Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the axle a, of the reversible spindles c, provided with end holes, d e, and box It, substantially as described, and cPor the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, with the straight axle a, provided with the end recesses, b b, of the straight round reversible spindles c, provided y with end holes, d 6,box h, provided with Wings t', and set-screws n, substantially as described, and for the purpose setfforth.

The above specification of my invention signed by me in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

DAvIr E. HULL.

Witnesses Unas. A. PErTrr, JOHN T. LAWRENCE. 

